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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
2
Tacoma faces Seattle while Spokane visits Portland and Victoria travels to Vancouver in today’s baseball schedule.
Vancouver June 14. AlthoughBattling Nelson argued that football is rougher than boxing the anti fight committee opposed the Nelson Anderson mill July 4. The fight likely will be abandoned. Nelson said he refereed football and saw players carried off while admitting he would not take a chance. About 100 business men supported allowing the fight.
Evelyn Wakefield, 17, led Wendell Phillips girls to victories at the seventh annual field day on Marshall Field in Chicago. She won the 50 yards dash and bean bag throw and helped her team win the relay as records fell for girls. The report notes boys traveled to compete with the girls and a photo shows Mies Wakefield kicking a football. New York Pittsburg has appealed to the National League directors against President Lynch’s overturning of the May 40 Pittsburg Chicago game decision.
Cyrus Nelson, Lincoln track team high jumper, finished third at the Seattle interscholastic meet on May 13 with a leap of 6 feet 6 inches. He has cleared 6 feet 7.5 inches in practice and is described as a graceful jumper.
Fighters Sullivan and Klaus completed training in Ban Francisco and prepare for six round middleweight bout in Oakland. Klaus seeks a coast debut to bolster his claim to the middleweight crown once held by Stanley Ketcher, whom he says he defeated in Pittsburgh.
The Star invites readers to submit humorous fannigrams about games for daily prizes. Winners receive two tickets after the best three are published. Today’s prize winners are listed.
In a Sacramento versus Oakland game a batter swung and hit the catcher on the elbow. The catcher cried out I got a rap on the crazy bone the manager asked what happened. The catcher joked about brains not being knocked out due to his hat.
The Oregon and Washington Railway team beat the Postal Clerks Sunday by a score of 7 to 2. Battery for O and W was Boyle and To man. for the Postal, Wilson and Spencer. Also the Seattle Walters Association edged Olympus nine 8 to 6 in a lively game with Crow and Melder starring in the field. Batteries: Olympus McGinnis Walk er. Walters Cruise Hill.
San Francisco reports promoter J W Coffroth declares the Moran versus Wolgast match set for July 4 will be a twenty round affair. The decision comes as the bout is handed to Coffroth for promotion and publicity.
Seattle Athletic Club runners trained at Western Washington fair grounds and tapering for the A A U championships in Pittsburgh. Nelson, Courtney, Malcomson, Gish, Thomassen, Edmunson and Clyde headline a strong Seattle lineup with Bill Martin, Philbrook and Edwards added for a deep squad facing Vancouver Victoria and Portland contenders.
The duke of Westminster shows keen interest in speed boats and efforts to reclaim the Harmaworth cup now held in the country. He excels in polo as a member of the Coldstream Guards team, helped defeat the First Life Guards, and stands as a leading English turf owner. He is among England and South Africa’s wealthiest landowners.
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